Europe Day

by Karel Thönissen

Freude!

Freude, schöner Götterfunken
Tochter aus Elysium,
Wir betreten feuertrunken,
Himmlische, dein Heiligtum!

Today 55 years ago, French foreign minister Robert Schuman made his famous declaration that marked the birth of the European Union [version française][English][Nederlands].